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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mining Matters at Copeland. Bright Future Predicted

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 8

Consequent on the taking over of the Prince Charlie goldmine, at Copeland, which will in the future be known as Mt. Copeland, by a syndicate, of…

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The Coal Strike. To the Editor

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 2

SIR,—Now that the Premier has suggested a sort of compromise with a view to settling the strike at Newcastle, I think there are a few…

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Coal Strike

Nambucca News · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

The scheme propounded by Mr. Peter Bowling for the strikers to work certain mines will in all probability have to he abandoned, as the…

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New Zealand Coal Strike

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 11

Latest advices from Greymouth show that there are no indications of the settlement of the strike at the State coal mine. In consequence of…

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Secret Mine of Diamonds. Owner Arrested for Smuggling

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 10

It is announced from Berlin that a man named Heim, under arrest there on a charge of diamond smuggling in South-west Africa, committed suicide…

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The Coal Strike. Stirring Speech by Mr. O'conor in the Legislative Council

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 9

THE sensation of last week in the Legislative Council was furnished by Mr. O'Conor, when the Factories and Shops (Amendment) Bill came up for reading at…

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The Strike. Government Action. Will Take a Firm Stand. and Enforce the Law. Strike Parties Must Meet. or Take the Consequences. a Censure Motion. Strikers' Mikes Working. Railways Hauling Coal

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 7

The Acting-Premier made a statement in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night as to tho intentions of the Government regarding the strike,…

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Coal Strike. Japanese Coal. Sydney

Nambucca News · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 3

The Coal Lumpers' Union has unanimously rejected the Strike Committee's instructions to handle Japanese coal, hence the crisis has now…

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Mount Copeland Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 14

We have been told that, down in the Mines Department in Sydney, the Gloucester Gold Fields have a red mark placed against them, which is to…

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Coal for the Public Service

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 8

By a curious coincidence regulations relating to the "Supply of coal for the Public Service" were published in last Wednesday's " Gazette." The…

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Coal Lumpers Decide to Strike. Sydney, Thursday. Wharf Laborers May Follow

Macleay Argus · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 11

The Coal Lumpers Union have broken with the Strike Congress, and this discontent may spread to the Wharf Laborers' Union, the…

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Miners and Navvies

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 4

The Evening News recently published a telegram purporting to come from Stroud, stating that miners from the Gosford deviation were ousting the…

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Sixth Week of the Strike Position Practically Unaltered. Colliery Proprietors Attitude : an Unfounded Rumour

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 5

There is no change in the strike position, which remains practically as it was on Saturday. Mr. Hughes states that he has been…

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Fireman Killed near Newcastle. Run. Over by a Coal Train

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1909 · page 5

Early on Monday a locomotive fireman named William Fenwick Brown was killed by being run over by some coal waggons near Richmond…

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Coal Strike. Bowling and Hughes at Loggerhead. Grave Charges. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Nambucca News · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 4

Addressing a meeting at Newcastle yesterday, Mr. Hughes declared his mission to the northern town was to ask the northern miners whether they…

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Western Mines Working

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 7

SYDNEY, TUESDAY.—It is imported that Mr. Bowling was plainly given to understand that he was not wanted down South, which was the reason he…

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Coal Strike. Advise of the Congress. Strike Suppression Bill. Sydney Friday Afternoon

Nambucca News · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 4

The strike Congress has decided that the Northern, Southern and and Western Miners should each make arrangements for the…

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The Gloucester Coal

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 4

A telegram received from Gloucester, last week, Stated that Messrs. Gumley and Rye had offered the Government, through the Lord Mayor, their coal…

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Patents. Farming and Mining Inventions

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 3

Messrs Griffith & Hassel, Patent Attorneys of 163 King Street Sydney and 9 Queen Street, Melbourne, report that the following applications…

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